World Economic and Financial Surveys

Exchange Rate Arrangements and Currency Convertibility: Developments and Issues

Author/Editor:

R. B. Johnston ; Mark Swinburne

Publication Date:

September 24, 1999

Summary:

This study reviews the developments and issues in the exchange arrangements and currency convertibility of IMF members. The principal information source for this report is the Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions prepared in consultation with national authorities.

Series:

World Economic and Financial Surveys No. 1999/017

Subject:

Currency markets Exchange rate arrangements Exchange rates Exchange restrictions Financial markets Foreign exchange

Notes:

By a staff team in the Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department led by R. Barry Johnston with Mark Swinburne, Alexander Kyei, Bernard Laurens, David Mitchem, Inci Otker, Susana Sosa, and Natalia Tamirisa.